The lyrics of the song can be viewed here. “Lift Every Voice and Sing” resonated so strongly with people that it was hailed the “Black National Anthem.” Now that we know the history of the ...
The Black National Anthem is a tribute to the struggle against the laws and social racism directed at people’s skin color and lack of class privilege.
The Black National Anthem — “Lift Every Voice and Sing” — is a hymn written as a poem by then-NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) in 1900. His brother John Rosamond Johnson (1873-1954), ...
At just 16 years old, Gabrielle "Gabby" Johnson of Normal has had the honor of singing the the Black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing," at multiple local events.
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